With browned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the hollowed rib and each with silver fore-sight, case-hardened breeches each engraved with a starburst between and with gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed border engraved flat bevelled case-hardened locks each decorated with a trophy and foliage at the stepped tail and with a palm tree behind the rainproof pan, the former with highly unusual (possibly unique) keyhole allowing the safety-catch to be locked, safety-catches also locking the steel, cocks (jaw screws replaced, the originals, one broken, retained in the case) engraved en suite with the locks, and blued steel-springs each with roller, the internal working parts retaining their original blued and burnished finish, figured half-stocks with finely chequered rounded butts, blued iron trigger-guards each with large engraved pineapple finial and martial trophy on the bow, engraved blued rear ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-tipped ramrods each with iron worm, and in fine condition retaining nearly all their original finish (barrels with some surface patination): in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask (cut-off spring missing), adjustable powder-measure, turnscrew, bullet mould and loading rod, the interior of the lid with James Wilkinson & Son trade label of circa 1819-28 (minor damage), the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks
21.5 cm. barrels